Through the Walls

Skyscape Records
December 1999
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Through the Walls, originally released by Skyscape Records, has developed quite a niche following in the states as well as in the UK. Jon recorded all the instruments and vocals in solitude.

The album starts out like a movie, with the sounds of a person coming home from a days work, fixing a drink, starting up a record, and relaxing in the favorite chair. The disk ends with the rumbling sounds of the sea. What lies in-between is a surreal journey through Jon’s creative mind. His lyrics are poetic and thought provoking and the music is mellow and lush with dreamlike harmonies.

1. Introduction
2. Soldiers of a Kind
3. The Love Troll
4. Body Down
5. Predator
6. Crystal Blue
7. Mind Games
8. Maybe Rainfall
From Liner Notes
Written, produced, recorded, and performed by Jon Simons during a six week spell of isolation.
Created on an analog 8-track reel-to-reel recorder without assistance from drum machines, samplers, synthesizers, or MIDI.

Production:
All words and music written by Jon Simons
Engineered by Jon Simons
Mixed by Mark Hallman and Jon Simons at The Congress House Studio
Mastered by Mark Hallman
Graphic Layout by Brook Sefton for Eclipse Communications
Photography by Julia Robinson